Birthday Week Part 2

Well this has been a fun week. Lots of birthdays and partying!! On my actual birthday Feb 26th, we had my favorite enchiladas at my parents and then my mom made a super yum cheesecake for Millers and I.   I love celebrating other peoples birthdays but for me mine is not a big deal anymore. I don't like alot of attention so I'm so glad to have Amelia's birthday the day before mine so she CAN steal the thunder.  . Even though I don't care so much about my b-day I do appreciate all the family and friends who are so sweet and spoiled me. Thank you thank you!!

Birthday Girls!!!

This cheesecake was so good. It looks boring but after we cut in up, we drizzled the best strawberry sauce on it. Holy Moly to die for!!! =)

My parents got me a new straightener. 

Wugs, Me, Sarah, Gama and Millie

I LOVE my Sarah Sue. She printed out one of our pictures from our fun evening back in Oct when I made her go to HSM 3 with me.  Then she found this trendy frame and gave it to me. Sarah and I will look back and never forget how much fun we had. I love my sissy!!!

Ok ok I know the rest of you are TOTALLY sick of me and my obsession so after this post you won't hear about it any more....unless of course they come out with yet another movie =)  But my fam got me the movie as well so now I have 2 copies. I need a back-up in case one gets broken. Just kidding, I'm going to take this one back and get something else.

Then friday night my sweet, talented friend Candice had Amanda P and hubby and Shaun and I over for one of the BEST dinners I've ever had!!! Amanda's birthday was on the 23rd, we are only 3 days apart, seriously we were both born in 1982 and  at Desert Sam, so her and I were in the baby nursery together =)   I wish I took a picture of the table and food because she never stops amazing me with her talents. So it was non-stop parties all week.

Well since I'm the big 2-7 I thought I would make a random "27 things about me"

1.  I love cheeseburgers- could eat one everyday

2. I love to vacuum. I do it almost every other day.

3. I hate seafood.

4. My favorite color is green (even though Ryker says that is a boy color)

5. I love seasonal stuff- don't be surprised if you find me wearing seasonal sweaters when I'm 60, I might even wear the matching dangly earings. =)

6. I hate my bunny teeth and big nose.

7. I love my eyelashes- even though they are not as long as Rykers

8. I enjoy sewing and want to be as good as my mom someday!!

9. Bill O'Reilly is my TV boyfriend.- The spin stops here

10. My quiet time is going to the Wal-Mart at like 9:00pm and "doddaling" as Shaun calls it

11. I'm still close to my amazing friends from Highschool and talk to each other on a weekly basis. Thank you email for keeping us connected.

12. I love traveling- I'll go anywhere that gets me out of Gilbert for a few days

13. I like a clean house but I throw my clothes on the floor on my closet.

14. I was in "Special reading" (class for slow learners) and Shaun was in ALP and AR classes his whole life but I'm the one with a college degree. =) yeah I like to throw that in his face from time to time

15. I wish I could be 8 years old again. I LOVE toys, when my preschoolers bring in toys for show-n-tell I wish I was young again and could play with them.

16. I'm obsessed with kids crafts. I'm constantly buying new idea books and surfing the web for new things.

17. I'm not good at calling people back. So if I don't return your phone call, just keep calling till you get a hold of me =)

18. When I was younger- Zack Morris was the man I knew I was going to marry.

19. I have never broken a bone, but I had to get stitches in my chin when I was 5.

20. I have always had an actual job since I was 15. If you want to count babysitting the I've been working since I was 10.

21. I can't wait to go back to school and get many more degrees.

22. I'm a very observant person, but can be forgetful at times.

23. I stay up way to late and HATE waking up in the morning

24. I consider myself to be a caring person

25.  I'm not afraid of bugs, but small furry critter will make me flip out

26. I'm dyslexic (so don't judge me when I spell words wrong)

27. Laughing is one of my most favorite things to do!!!!!

Birthday Week Part 1

What a fun night, my baby is one. I know I sound like a broken record but I REALLY wish I could have stopped time when Amelia was 9 months!! But time moves on and I will just enjoy watching her learn and grow. So for most of you this will be boring but those who would like the blow by blow of the night here ya go.

We had a yummy dinner and then I made Strawberry Shortcake for her birthday cake, She is giving daddy  a funny look because he was singing happy birthday silly.

First thing she does is dump it right off the plate.

Then toss' the plate on the floor of course.

Checkin out her strawberry, not quite sure.

Oh those big eyes and cute cheeks!!!!

Now let the fun begin. She went crazy and made the biggest mess. The funny thing is she never ate any of it.

So after being covered in a sticky mess, I threw her in the tub really quick. Then Ryker had so much fun helping her open presents.

Ryker just adores her!! He gave her a hug with every present it was so sweet. Oh wait Ryker says he is not sweet he is "cool or strong" (those are the ONLY complements he will accept) 

Then as most of you know if this girl is not in bed early she is not happy. It was almost 7:00pm, way past her bedtime so this is how the present opening ended!! She will love her gifts in the morning, after a goodnights rest.

Ryk enjoyed them =)

Tuesday night we went over to the Martineaus for a birthday celebration. This girl eats everything so I totally expected her to dive in. But no she takes after her dad and doesn't like to be messy! So she grabbed in once and didn't want anything to do with it!

YEAH!!!!!! I finally got my movie!!! Thank you Missy. 

I guess Amelia is not as excited as I am to watch it!!!

Pretty Birthday Girl.

Martineau Fam. Cool strong boys and the pretty sweet girls.

to be continued....

1 Year Old!!

I have got in a bad habit of staying up till 1:00 in the morning, I don't know why but I'm not tired. So I thought I should do Amelia's birthday post since we have a busy week and I'll want to post birthday pictures soon. Amelias birthday is actually Feb 25th, 2008.  Words can't express my love for my sweet little Dollie!  I love nicknames and poor Ryker didn't get a good name for nicknames but I think Amelia made up for it she is called: Amelia, Millie, Millers, Millie Moo, Sister, Dollie, Food Hover, Amil (from Ryker), Amillie Amillie (this is a rap song my sister sings to her) but her latest name is naughty =)   She has been the best baby I could ever ask for. She was a good sleeper from day one and so much more content with life than Ryker ever was. But now that she is getting older and crawling all over (almost walking) she is starting to get into EVERYTHING, so I'll say to her "oh that is naughty" or "you naughty" and one day Ryker said mom her name is not naughty it's Millie. So I guess I call her naughty to much =)

This is the latest picture I took of her. As you can see she is being "naughty". But she flashed that smile and how can I get mad at her. Yes we have to put our trash can up because she loves to get into it.

Ok sorry for the MILLIONS of pictures but I thought I would do a quick recap of the past year.

Mommy meet Amelia.  She was truly a bundle of joy!!!

Loading her up to take her home for the first time.  Older ladies knit these little hats for the babies in the nursery. We called her Strawberry Shortcake.

2 months old

So serious. =)    4 months old

One of my favorite pictures, look at those cheeks.  4 months old

5 months old

6 months old

8 months old

8 months old.  Yes she is in Times Square in this picture. On a double decker bus none-the-less.

11 months old

Little Lady

11 months old

This little chica has had a fun filled life so far. She has been to Disneyland, the Beach, flew in an airplane to Virginia, she has been to New York. I mean seriously, I think I will have a world traveler on my hands.  Millie, I love you so much. You can out eat anyone, I LOVE when you speak chinese, you have the cutest under-bite, I think it is funny your try and wrestle with your brother already and you bring so much joy to our home!!!! Happy 1st Birthday!!!!!

Happy Presidents Day!!! or should I say Happy Porters Day!!

All winter long we have talked about going to the snow. One time we had it planned but the snow melted so it was a no go. But Sunday evening I was talking with Amanda and I invited myself and Ryker to join in on the fun. Shaun had to work and my sweet sister watched Amelia ALL DAY - THANK YOU!!!!  When we first got up there I started putting on the snow gear, Ryker doesn't like the unknown and didn't like his snow clothes so of course tantrum city. Well once I got him dressed he was all smiles and didn't want to leave in the end.

All bundled up!! The weather was perfect, the snow was awesome!!!

Right away Ryker took off and started climbing a hill.

3 happy campers

Us and the Porters minus Lee, he was taking the picture. He was a great sport the whole time, pulling the kids up the hill in the tube, going down the hill first to make sure we would be safe =)

Out of the cold and all warm and cozy!! 

I'll admit I had so much fun. Going down the hill in the tube was a blast. I could have done it all day. Thanks again Porters for the ride and all the fun. If it snows in March I say we do it again!!!

So Sunday evening we saw that our water heater was leaking. Shauns dad came over and took a good look and said, "yup time for a new on"  So Monday after Shaun got home from work he called up Lee who had spend the day driving and in the snow and asked if he could help go get and install and new water heater. We OWE Lee huge for spending the rest of his evening installing this new bad boy.  What would we do without the Porters!!!!!! We love you guys!!!!!

And since we had to fork out almost $500 big ones for the darn thing above. I had to restrain myself from going and buying this movie that came out today!!!!!!! I've been waiting MONTHS for this movie and now I have to wait even longer =(  Hopefully someone will get it for my birthday next week!!!! Hint hint family!!! 

The Best Valentines Day!!!

This year I had a wonderful Valentines Day and it wasn't even with my husband.  As much as I love him, I'll admit I enjoyed my quick get-a-way.  Shaun was nice enough to let me go with his mom to California Friday and Saturday. We woke up EARLY friday morning and drove off to Cali. Our first stop the Garment District in LA. I love this place, many may find it scary looking but they have all the fabric, ribbon, tulle you could want plus so much more.

This is not a good shot of what it really looks like but this was on top of the roof were we park our car.

This place looks cheesy but it has the best selection of ribbon!!!

We spend a few hours here getting all sorts of fun things. I got a new skirt pattern and fabric that I can't wait to make!!!  Then from the Garment District to the Scrapbook convention in Orange County we went.  If you have ever been to the Phx one it is twice as big so LOTS of fun things. We spend a few hours there then finally we were about to pass out because being the die hards we are we didn't eat anything ALL day. I had a little muffin and we both just ate wintergreen lifesaver the whole drive over. I guess we were to excited to eat in the morning. So we got close to our hotel around 7:00 and decided to eat at our favorite place Red Robin. The boys always tease us for eating here so it was nice to eat with our men complaining =)

For the first time in a year I got a good nights sleep!! No kids to wake me up!!! So that next morning we went to the Orange County Swap Meet which I L-O-V-E and spend hours their "stimulating" the economy as we like to put it =)   When we were all done we loaded up and headed home. But as we were driving for an hour or so we see a sign that says freeways ends in 1/2 mile. We both look at each other like that only can mean one thing, and yup right when we said that we went through a tunnel and their was the glorious ocean!!! We where driving the wrong way =) I was laughing and poor Leann was a little upset with herself for not realizing that but when your driving West all day it was a funny and easy mistake.  I'm mad I didn't take a picture at the swap meet or the beach. We got turned around and headed EAST this time to find ourselves back in Arizona. It was a fun trip and I already can't wait till next year. Shaun took amazing care of the kids (thanks to a little help from Pa and the Porters).

The night before I left I decorated the house with hearts and left some Valentines treats for the fam. These are some pictures Shaun took. (yes Ryker is wearing way to small PJs, he needs some new ones)

This is actually Sunday after church. When I got home Saturday night around 10:30 I came home to flowers, a card, a clean house, he got my car washed and took some stuff to the DI Pod and I didn't even tell him to.   Thank you SOOOOOOO much Leann for the mini-trip.  

and it looks like Ryker is flashing some gang signs. Should I be worried?? =)